Steve Jobs Topic

Apple announced this morning that CEO Steve Jobs and other Apple executives will take the wraps off of Apple's next generation software during the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) Keynote address next Monday in San Francisco. Specifically, Apple will introduce Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, iOS 5, and unveil their upcoming cloud service platform, iCloud.

AdweekMedia, in their "Best of the 2000s" advertising awards, gave Apple top marks in six categories including "Brand of the Decade", "Marketer of the Decade", "Campaign of the Decade", and "Product of the Decade".

Gawker reports that at 4:27 p.m. on August 27, 2008, Bloomberg mistakenly published the obituary of Steve Jobs, the iconic CEO of Apple Inc. Once the error was identified, the story was immediately retracted.

Apple announced today that a team of Apple executives, led by CEO Steve Jobs, will participate in the company's annual Worldwide Developers Conference (known as WWDC) keynote address slated at 10:30 am PST on Monday, June 9, 2008 at San Francisco's Moscone West. The event will run through June 13.

Take that Michael Dell. Following the close of the US Stock Market on Thursday May 1, 2008 the market cap of Apple is now four times that of Dell. Apple is worth $158.66 billion vs Dell's measly $38.97 billion.

On Thursday March 13, 2008 Apple Inc. announced that its annual developers conference (WWDC) will take place from June 9 - 13 at the Moscone West convention center in downtown San Francisco. The company also stated that this year's event dubbed WWDC 2008 will be a "landmark" event.

Fortune has published a list of the most powerful businesspeople in the world. Steve Jobs, Apple's Chairman and CEO tops the list. Here's what Fortune's Brent Schlender has to say about the iconic leader of Apple:

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple CEO has written a letter to iPhone customers apologizing for the $200 price drop. He personally received hundreds of emails from iPhone customers who voiced their feeling about the iPhone price drop two months after it went on sale.

Embedded in Apple's Press Release announcing the release of iLife '08 was a quote from Apple CEO Steve Jobs that gives insight into what may be his vision for the award winning suite of digital lifestyle products. Getting PC users to switch.

Marketwatch's John Shinal reports that Apple's Steve Jobs and Microsoft's Bill Gates, will have a public conversation at the fifth annual "D -- All Things Digital" conference in Carlsbad, California on May 30, 2007.

In a May 1, 2007 press release titled "Steve Jobs to Kick Off Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference 2007", Apple confirmed that its CEO Steve Jobs will initiate the annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) with a keynote address starting at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, June 11, 2007 at San Francisco's Moscone West conference center.

Today's Macworld 2007 Keynote address by Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs although exciting thanks to the preview of the iPhone, the announcement of the Apple TV, and the addition of Paramount movies to the iTunes Store, left much to be desired.

On Tuesday October 3, 2006 IDG World Expo announced that Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer will deliver the opening keynote address at the 2007 Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco California on Tuesday, January 9, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. at Moscone West.

This is an off topic post that is out of the scope of this site but I decided to publish it anyway. As I watched the WWDC 2006 keynote, I couldn't help coming to the conclusion that Steve Jobs might be ill. I didn't think he looked healthy. In fact, he looked somewhat weak. Could the cancer be back? I hope not, please no. Recall that it was almost two years ago that he was diagnosed and treated for a "very rare" type of pancreatic cancer.

This post is segmented into two parts; the first is a description and analysis of the May 19, 2006 Steve Jobs interview on CNBC. The second is a discussion of Apple's revitalized Switch campaign. At first glance, these topics may appear as disparate topics. I take the position that the interview provided some hints into Apple's strategy. I'll combine Steve Jobs' comments with events that have transpired pre and post interview. You're welcome to post your comments, views, and positions.